{"product_id":"television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-9780252043550","title":"Television and the Afghan Culture Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the ICA ACJS Outstanding Book Award \u003cp\u003e \"A compelling analysis . . . Osman does an excellent job of articulating the histories and traces of what she calls both foreign and indigenous forms of modernisation, and helpfully details the narratives of successive foreign incursions and their backlashes. She convincingly shows that any perspective which poses contemporary American\/global ideas of modernity as being in direct contrast with deep-seated and supposedly static forms of tribal patriarchy and tradition is of little help in understanding the contemporary situation.\" --\u003ci\u003eCritical Studies in Television\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eTelevision and the Afghan Culture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, Wazhmah Osman takes readers on a powerful tour of Afghan media, politics, and society. . . . A rich analysis of the local-global nexus. . . . Fiercely critical of the imperial gaze.\" --\u003ci\u003eTelevision and New Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTelevision and the Afghan Culture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly critiques discourses of failure and immutability, bringing to the foreground the dynamism and talents of an Afghan population that is well-integrated with global flows of consumption and entertainment. Nuanced and deeply researched.\" --\u003ci\u003eIranian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent introductory text on contemporary Afghanistan through a non-western perspective that centers the everyday life, agency, and desires of ordinary Afghans.\" --\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Middle East Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e​\u003c\/i\u003e\"Osman's analysis of the televisual medium in Afghanistan is valuable and serves as a timely marker of the end of an era and the beginning of another.\" --\u003ci\u003eMedia, Culture, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e​\u003c\/i\u003e\"Osman's book is a lucid read about complicated dynamics.\" --\u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insider look into Afghanistan's social norms and cultural narratives.\" --\u003ci\u003eSouthAsia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTelevision and the Afghan Culture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful, powerful book. Weaving together nuanced ethnography, complex media theory, and even a touch of personal memoir, Osman provides a compelling perspective on the world of Afghan television. Nuanced and deeply researched, the book is an important contribution to a number of fields, including war and conflict studies, media globalization, and development communication.\"--Matt Sienkiewicz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Air Force: U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media since 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is the first richly observed ethnographic account of the landscape of media in post-US invasion Afghanistan. Osman’s self-reflexive voice in telling the story of the dynamic media field in Afghanistan is in and of itself of import. The limited scholarship that exists on media and democracy under occupation in the Global South tends to reproduce paternalistic narratives of development. In contrast, this critical work foregrounds the geopolitical context that leads to a television 'boom,' highlighting the important role of women and ethnic minority communities in Afghani media production and consumption. \u003ci\u003eTelevision and Afghan Culture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a must read for scholars and students of global media and American empire.\"--Paula Chakravartty, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRace, Empire and the Crisis of the Subprime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Legitimizing Modernity: Indigenous Modernities, Foreign Incursions, and Their Backlashes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Imperialism, Globalization, and Development: Overlaps and Disjunctures\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Afghan Television Production: A Distinctive Political Economy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Producers and Production: The Development Gaze and the Imperial Gaze\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Reaching Vulnerable and Dangerous Populations: Women and the Pashtuns\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Reception and Audiences: The Demands and Desires of Afghan People\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Future of Media, the Future of Afghanistan\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Ethnic Groups Table\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Media Funding Sources and Recipients Table\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: TV Stations and Affiliations Table\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400449663319,"sku":"9780252043550","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252043550.jpg?v=1730470712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/television-and-the-afghan-culture-wars-9780252043550","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}